USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Uel W. Smith Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 113
Scope and Contents
Uel Smith served aboard Growler as a seaman from 1958 to 1960. Smith began his interview by discussing the first time he saw Growler and explaining how he came to serve aboard Growler. He then backtracked and stated that he joined the Navy with a group of friends from Missouri when he was 17 years old. Smith continued, noting that he attended boot camp in Bainbridge, Maryland, and sub school in New London, CT. He described the submarine specific training he received, such as exercises...
Dates:
September 14, 2016
Wayne J. Mehl Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 137
Scope and Contents
Wayne Mehl served aboard Growler as the engineering officer and the nuclear weapons officer from 1961 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his childhood growing up on a naval base in San Francisco during World War II and noting how his father, a lieutenant during the First World War, heavily influenced his decision to join the Navy. Mehl then discussed his education at Stanford University and explained his decision to join the NROTC program, stating that his engineering degree,...
Dates:
June 29, 2017
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- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 12
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 10
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 10
- Recreation 10
- Food 8
- Strategy -- Deterrence 8
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 8
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 7
- Growler -- sail 7
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 7
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 7
- Accidents 6
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 6
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 6
- Growler -- control room and attack center 6
- Hygiene 6
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 6
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 6
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 5
- Growler -- enlisted mess 5
- Liberty 5
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 5
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 5
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 5
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 4
- Navigation 4
- Communications Technicians, CTs 3
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 3
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 3
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 3
- Growler -- crew's quarters 3
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 3
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 3
- Growler -- sonar room 3
- Hazing 3
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 3
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 3
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 3
- Recreation -- Games 3
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 3
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 3
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 3
- Sonar 3
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 3
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 3
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 2
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 2
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 2
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 2
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 2
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 2
- Growler -- wardroom 2
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 2
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 2
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 2
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 2
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 2
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 2
- Sonar -- Passive Sonar 2
- Sonar Equipment 2
- Tubes -- Torpedo Tubes 2
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval base) 2
- United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 2
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Communication And Radio Systems 1
- Damage 1
- Damage Control 1
- Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
- Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
- Discipline 1
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Survival Training 1
- Executive Officer 1
- Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 2nd Class, FTG2 1
- Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 3rd Class, FTG3 1
- Food -- Cake 1
- Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
- Growler -- galley 1
- Growler -- officer stateroom 1
- Growler -- radio room 1
- Growler -- stern room 1
- Growler -- storekeeper’s office 1
- Growler -- toilet 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
- Inventory 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 1
- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 1
- Lieutenant, O-3 1
- Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 1
- Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
- Missile Technician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MT3 1
- Navigation -- Dead Reckoning 1
- Navigation -- Navigational Aids -- Navigation Charts 1
- Ordnance -- Fire Control Systems -- Fire Control System Components -- Fire Control Computers -- Torpedo Data Computers 1
- Ordnance -- Guns -- Small Arms 1
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
- Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1 ∧ less
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